There’s a lot of chatter in the marketing world about using social media and content to generate leads and drive revenue for your company. But, what if you apply those same ideas and principles to your personal brand to help expand your career opportunities? In this presentation, Jeff Perkins will discuss how he built his personal brand leveraging content and social media to propel him from mid-level marketing manager to executive. If you feel like you’re stuck in your career and there’s no opportunity to breakthrough to the next level, this is a must-see session.
After this session, you’ll be able to:
1) Develop your personal brand positioning
2) Build a content strategy for your personal brand
3) Leverage social media to build your personal brand
4) Balance your personal brand with your professional responsibilities
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The average person changes jobs
12 times during their career.
Source: https://www.thebalance.com/how-often-do-people-change-jobs-2060467
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Millennials change jobs 4 times
by the time they’re 32.
Source: http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/12/news/economy/millennials-change-jobs-frequently/index.html
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OT
1. Vision for the brand
2. Ability to lead a team
3. Understanding of current marketing
trends
4. Ability to measure and drive results
5. Skills to communication the message
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BENEFITS FOR ME
1) I started building a strong network
2) I sharpened my thinking about key marketing topics
3) The phone started ringing
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I’ve had an amazing career journey over
the past six years, and none of it would
have been possible if I hadn’t worked to
build a strong personal brand.
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1. Turn LinkedIn into the story of your brand
2. Don’t be afraid
3. Network your ass off
4. Share your work and insights
5. Reveal who you are
6. Start now
6 TIPS FOR BUILDING YOUR PERSONAL
BRAND
My goal is not to use a single ackronym in this presentation. That’s hard to do. Marketers can actually talk in complete senteces using only ackronyms.
I had a great run. They paid me well and put me in a lot of leadership programs. But, I couldn’t get promoted.
How I was being defined by recruiters and hiring managers:
A Mid-level marketer
An overpaid mid-level marketer
Having a strong personal brand was good for my company
-rebranded the company
-targeting sales and marketing
-I had a strong brand in that market which helped sell our solutions
3 years
Company experienced record growth
$40 million series C